1939-11-04 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 4, 1939

GERMANY'S RAIDIO

BLUNDERBUSS

(Continued from Page 10))

In such precise terms are deliberate attempts to sting the Allies, by way of denial, into disclosing vital infor- mation. "Where is the Ark Royal?" asks the Berlin radio--and still waits

for an answer.

denials

background to his translated that his community had been tou- ched by the war.

to

HELP FROM FOREIGNERS Many listeners to Berlin must have noticed the extent. to which foreign residents are lending themselves the purposes of Nazi propaganda. It was an American journalist who in- terviewed at the miscrophone a man said to be the commander of the sub- marine which sank the Royal Sceptre, posing with assumed innocence lead- being questions which enabled the in- terviewer to say everything which the Nazis wished to "put over." It was another American who delivered an attack on the veracity of the "New York Times."

and

Nevertheless, the effectiveness of the German method in many neutral quarters cannot be doubted. The lis tener is frequently confronted with the choice between a prompt precise bulletin and a vague and lated one. Unable to check the curacy of either, which is the more likely to believe?

ac-

con-

daily

well-informed

whole

A foreigner, who if not American is certainly a non-German who learnt his English in the United States, dally broadcasts the most vituperative anti- British propaganda to the "ladies and gentlemen of the Far East." During the past few days a Danish woman, a Dutch woman and a Hungarian jour- nalist have come to the microphone to assure listeners that they get plenty to eat, and that the moral of the Ger- man civil population is "splendid."

further

The remainder of the Nazi news bulletins must be the more reassur- ing to the German public and vincing to at least a large body of neutral opinion because they contain little German news and are often de- voted exclusively to extracts from the foreign Press. Only the fact that obscure newspapers of small countries contribute so largely to these surveys insinuates in minds a suspicion that the truth is not being reflected.

Germans receive the impression that they are encircled by applauding neighbours. Critical neutrals must often be made to believe that they are obstinately standing aside from the main current of world opinion, almost "Daily Telegraph." unanimously pro-Nazi.

I heard quoted Seldom have these surveys any of the great organs of European opinion, never yet an American newspaper.

in

of the contrast

must Such intervention fortify Germans in the delusion that the whole neutral world is on the side of the Nazis. Martin Moore in the

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CHINA AIR

SERVICES

TRAP FOR LISTENERS This spurious objectivity

Shiukwan, To-day. news bulletins is in direct

The air service between Kunming with the blatancy of the propaganda

suspended several Haiphong, broadcast talks and other

features. and

clever weeks ago, has been resumed. The Nazis have adopted a

the to

service Passenger traffic on hear means of forcing listeners

two- has, however, not yet been re-under- these. At frequent intervals

The machines are at pre- minute propaganda talks are inter- taken. jected into the excellent musical pro- sent being used to transport goods.

It is understood that passenger grammes from Berlin. Suddenly, be-

next tween two movements of a symphony, traffic will resume within the an unheralded voice begins to de 10 days. nounce Britain or to warn France. A -challenging question is the usual in-

troduction:

"Has Britain ever produced a great general? No; she gets foreigners to do her fighting. But, you may say, there are two great soldiers on whom she Marlborough and prides herself Wellington. The truth strips them of their glamour. Marlborough's battles German were won for him by the

GUERILLA

HARASSING

Shanghai, To-day. Japanese military officials admitted yesterday that some 130,000 Chinese guerillas are operating in areas be- tween Shanghai, Hangchow and Nan- Prince Eugen, Wellington's by the king.

Prussian Bluecher. Britain loves Japanese gunboats are reported con- war, but she does not breed warriors.centrating at Anking and it is believed Her politicians are great only in mak- that the Japanese are preparing for ing wars and seizing the booty." another offensive in north Hunan.-

This example is milder than most, Our Own Correspondent. but it is typical of their style and me- thod.

these There is no escaping thumbnail broadcasts. They dart suddenly out of the ether, and have delivered their message almost before an unwilling listener can switch off his set.

RUMANIA

AND TURKEY

*stanbul, To-day.

Some of the feature broadcasts are staged with elaborate striving for ef- The Rumanian Ambassador to Tur- feet. When the Nazis wished to dis-key has reached Istanbul on his way prove the bombing of the monastery through to Ankara. ・ at Czestochowa, "the Polish Lourdes," He has been for the past week in they brought the abbot himself to the Bucharest, where he had important microphone, and assembled the mon- conferences with King Carol and the astery choir to provide a melodious 'Rumanian Government.--Reuter.

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